John Hartwell MARABLE

(1786-1844)

MARABLE, John Hartwell, a
Representative from Tennessee; born near Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., November 18, 1786; pursued an academic course; studied
medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., and practiced; moved to Yellow
Creek, Tenn., and engaged in the practice of medicine; member of
the state senate in 1817 and 1818; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-first Congress;
resumed the practice of medicine; died in Montgomery County, Tenn.,
April 11, 1844; interment in Marable Cemetery, near Clarksville,
Tenn.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present